Giorgi Ramishvili, founder of the Silk Road Group and Silknet, is expected to be formally charged today. Currently he is in a pre-trial detention center.
Businessman was detained on July 6, with police claiming he was carrying a firearm in his hand luggage at the departures terminal of Tbilisi International Airport.
Law enforcement officers seized a firearm, a magazine, and cartridges while examining [Ramishvili’s] hand luggage through a scanner.
Firearm was registered in Ramishvili’s name, but he did not hold a license to carry it. The investigation has been launched under Parts 3 and 4 of Article 236 of the Criminal Code, which concern the illegal carrying and transportation of firearms and ammunition and carry a penalty of up to nine years in prison.